Welcome! This is a busy week. ITBS Testing begins on Monday and will finish for the first graders on Thursday. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest this week and has a good breakfast before he\she comes to school. On Friday we will have an all-school Mass at 11:00, followed by the Blessing of the Animals. Animals should be brought to school at 11:00 if you are going to bring one. Dismissal is at 12:30 on that day.
In Reading we are working on cause and effect, categories, the digraph th, plurals, ed and ing endings, short a and short i, vocabulary, and comprehension. We will be introducing contractions this week. In Math we are continuing math addition facts up to 12 and are giving the timed tests. In Science we are still on the ecosystem and in Soc Studies we are finishing up communities, laws, rules, rights, etc. In Religion we will be talking about God's promise to always love us and how we are to treat one another. We will also be discussing how the month of October is the month of the rosary. In Spelling we will be learning about short i. A reminder for the spelling challenge words. They will always be 4 or 5 letter words. And they will be words that your child should be able to spell because all of the sounds can be heard. Please continue to review the vocabulary words and the short a and short i sounds.
VOCABULARY WORDS
boy
girl
how
with
very
one
much
I'm
can't
I'll
it's
they
bet
Have a great week. Thanks for all the leaves. The children loved seeing them all and so did we. A high 5 would be good this week if you have read the blog. GOD LOVES YOU!
